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OF THE 



WAR EMERGENCY 
CONFERENCE 

Held in Olympia, August 28-29, 1918 

ADOPTED BY THE 

Industrial Welfare Commission 

September 10, 1918 



"» OLYMPIA, WASH. 

FRANK M. LAMBORN o^^^' PUBLIC PRINTER. 
1918 



H ST O 

Recommendation No. 1. • W 3 V/ 5 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following recom- 
mendation to the Industrial Welfare Commission 
in reference to standards of labor demanded for 
the health and morals of women workers in the 
different occupations, trades, and industries 
throughout the State, under war conditions: 

THAT, No person, firm, association, or corpora- 
tion shall employ any female over the age of 
eighteen years in any occupation, trade, or industry 
throughout the State during the period of the war, 
at a weekly wage rate of less than THIRTEEN 
DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS ($13.20), such 
wage being the estimate of said Conference of the 
minimum wage adequate to supply the necessary 
cost of living and to maintain them in health and 
comfort, 

And it is recommended that this War Emer- 
gency Conference be reconvened six months after 
the cessation of hostilities. 

(Adopted by the Commission Sept. 10, 1918.) 

Recommendation No. 2. 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following rec- 
ommendation to the Industrial Welfare Commis- 
sion in reference to standards of labor demanded 
for the health and morals of women workers in 
the different occupations, trades, and industries 
throughout the State, under war conditions: 

(1) That all occupations be prohibited to 
women which are injurious to their health, their 
morals, or womanhood, or which are unavoidably 
disfiguring. 

( 2 ) That all occupations be prohibited to 
women for which men in general are better fitted 
by temperament, training, or custom, and for 
which men are available. 

(3) That* among the occupations in Washing- 
ton which be prohibited to women are certain 
phases of railroading, as section work, certain 
work in ship building plants, certain work in lum- 
ber and in shingle mills, certain work in hotels, 
as "bell hops," certain work in metal working 
plants, as with molten metals, ail work under- 
ground, all work in shooting galleries, penny 
arcades, and the like. 

(4) That exclusions be made having in mind 
the designations and prohibitions of the U. S. War 
Labor Policies Board, the State Council and the 
County Councils of Defense, and such other bodies 
under the general government as shall find occa- 
sion to relate women's work to patriotic efficiency. 

(5) That all occupations he prohibited to 
women for two months (2 months) before confine- 
ment and for six weeks (6 weeks) thereafter. 

(Adopted by the Commission Sept. 10, 1918.) 

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Recommenclation No. 3, 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following rec- 
ommendation to the Industrial Welfare Commis- 
sion in reference to standards of labor demanded 
for the health and morals of women workers in 
the different occupations, trades, and industries 
throughout the State, under war conditions: 

THAT, No person, firm, association, or corpo- 
ration shall employ any female over the age of 
eighteen years between the hours of 7 p. m. and 
6 a. m. in the following occupations or classifi- 
cations: 

Saw-mills, factories, garages, metal working 
plants, machine shops, laundries, cleaning and 
pressing establishments, messenger service, porters, 
callers for railroads, and such other occupations 
as in the judgment of the Industrial Welfare Com- 
mission may be hazardous to the health, welfare, 
or morals of the employee, except that with street 
railways and elevators the hours permitted shall 
be respectively, from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. in cities of 
the first class and from 6 a. m. to 5 p. m, in cities 
of the second class; and 6 a. m. to 11 p. m. 

(Action deferred until it can be ascertained 
what effect its adoption would have upon war 
activities. ) 

Recomniendation No. 4. 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following rec- 
ommendation to the Industrial Welfare Commis- 
sion in reference to the posting in advance of 
schedule of hours to be observed in establishments 
offering less than full time employment: 

THAT, Every person, firm, or corporation in 
this State offering less than full time employment 
to female employees in any occupation, trade, or 
industry, shall post in a conspicuous place in the 
establishment a proper schedule of hours to be 
observed, for such period of time in advance as the 
Industrial Welfare Commission shall in its dis- 
cretion determine, not later than noon of the pre- 
ceding day. 

(Adopted Sept. 10, 1918.) 

Recommendation No. 5. 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following rec- 
ommendation to the Industrial Welfare Commis- 
sion in reference to standards of labor demanded 
for the health and morals of women workers in 
the different occupations, trades, and industries 
throughout the State, under war conditions: 

THAT, No person, firm, association, or corpo- 
ration shall employ any female over eighteen 
years on a shift over six hours without a rest 
period of fifteen minutes. 
(Adopted Sept. 10, 1918.) 



Recommendation No. 6. 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following rec- 
ommendation to the Industrial Welfare Commis- 
sion in reference to equal pay for women for equal 
work with men in the different occupations, trades, 
and industries of this State: 

THAT, Women doing equal work with men in 
any occupation, trade, or industry in this State 
shall receive the same compensation therefor as 
men doing work of the same character and of like 
quantity and quality, the determination of what 
constitutes equal work to rest with the Industrial 
Welfare Commission. 

(Adopted Sept. 10, 1918.) 

Recommendation No. 7. 

BE IT RESOLVED, That this War Emergency 
Conference does hereby make the following rec- 
ommendation to the Industrial Welfare Commis- 
sion in reference to standards of labor demanded 
for the health and morals of women workers in 
the different occupations, trades, and industries 
throughout the State, under war conditions: 

THAT, No person, firm, association, or corpo- 
ration shall employ a female over eighteen years 
without compliance with the standards regarding 
meal hours, seats, and sanitation, already estab- 
lished by law; and without adequate separate and 
apart toilets, including individual cloth or paper 
towels. 

PROVIDED, However, that where there are 
less than four women employed by any person, the 
Industrial Welfare Commission may, upon appli- 
cation and showing, release such applicant from 
compliance with the foregoing regulations or any 
part of the same. 

(Adopted Sept. 10, 1918.) 



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